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Watch this guy's YT channel - have been for years now. I think what originally caught my attention on his channel was a video specifically about the flora aroun

Watch this guy's YT channel - have been for years now. I think what originally caught my attention on his channel was a video specifically about the flora around run-down Oakland urban-industrial areas.

chao- 1mo ago
I think I also first found him from his "guerrilla gardening" work in Oakland. I think it was in a median, planting native species on a barren strip of dirt. Something of that nature. His backstory is really one-of-a-kind. If I recall correctly, he got really into botany because he worked for Union Pacific railroad, and while stopping in a city, would go to the library and checkout different botany books.
- botanrice 1mo ago
  I believe I discovered him through that same video! I now tell everyone I know about guerilla gardening lol, haven't got the know-how to do it myself quite yet though. Soon enough.
  - scyzoryk_xyz 1mo ago
    Hey I've been telling myself I know about a lot of plant stuff just based off his videos. I don't really either, but maybe soon. These videos just have this quality of bringing you into a POV where you're reminded that there is a lot going on in every detail of the reality surrounding you. Maybe I didn't learn much botany from these videos, but I definitely learned to just pay attention more.
wiether 1mo ago
I discovered it recently, and I find it quite funny I'm not really into botany itself, but I enjoy their rants about how people manage "green" spaces
- scyzoryk_xyz 1mo ago
  I love those too - the combination of crude rant persona with extremely sophisticated knowledge is disarming.
myvoiceismypass 1mo ago
His video trip to Berkeley Bowl West was so fucking funny and spot on: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUFQouwqbe8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUFQouwqbe8 (I love BB)
talon8635 1mo ago
His video about the hippie snake oil isle in Berkeley bowl is outstanding

chao- 1mo ago

I think I also first found him from his "guerrilla gardening" work in Oakland. I think it was in a median, planting native species on a barren strip of dirt. Something of that nature. His backstory is really one-of-a-kind. If I recall correctly, he got really into botany because he worked for Union Pacific railroad, and while stopping in a city, would go to the library and checkout different botany books.

botanrice 1mo ago
I believe I discovered him through that same video! I now tell everyone I know about guerilla gardening lol, haven't got the know-how to do it myself quite yet though. Soon enough.
- scyzoryk_xyz 1mo ago
  Hey I've been telling myself I know about a lot of plant stuff just based off his videos. I don't really either, but maybe soon. These videos just have this quality of bringing you into a POV where you're reminded that there is a lot going on in every detail of the reality surrounding you. Maybe I didn't learn much botany from these videos, but I definitely learned to just pay attention more.

wiether 1mo ago

I discovered it recently, and I find it quite funny I'm not really into botany itself, but I enjoy their rants about how people manage "green" spaces

scyzoryk_xyz 1mo ago
I love those too - the combination of crude rant persona with extremely sophisticated knowledge is disarming.

myvoiceismypass 1mo ago

His video trip to Berkeley Bowl West was so fucking funny and spot on: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUFQouwqbe8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUFQouwqbe8 (I love BB)

talon8635 1mo ago

His video about the hippie snake oil isle in Berkeley bowl is outstanding